Takács Imre: Az Árpád-házi királyok pecsétjei (Corpus sigillorum hungariae mediaevalis 1. Budapest, 2012)
Catalogue
Originals: Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, DL 61128. Pannonhalma, Benedictine Archabbey Archives, c. 55. A, c. 28. F. Copies: Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1886. Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, VI 23. Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Art History, inv. no. 621, 769. Pray, Tab. V/l; Szentpétery 1916, pp. 1,6, 7, fig. 4; Bartonick 1924, pp. 15, 25, 26; Szentpétery 1930, p. 114; Marsina I, p. 362, Tab. XXII/9; Bailor 2001, pp. 6-7. 28. Andrew II (1205-1235) Second double seal 1235 68 x 61 mm (fragment) No intact specimen survives. The composition on the front matches that of the first double seal. On the reverse is a heraldic shield with modelled barry-of-eight fields, and in the odd fields, lions courant facing heraldic right. The style of the figure on the front is similar to that on the double seal used by Béla IV from 1235. The coat of arms on the reverse is the barred shield found on all Andrew II’s other coat-of-arms shields. A 1235 royal charter mentions the replacement of Andrew IPs previous double seal: ad universorum noticiam volumus pervenire, quod cum de adulteratione duplicis sigilli nostri antiqui nobis liquido constiterit, propter quod ipsum in medium secari fecimus comm nobis; fratres Capituli Strigoniensis nobis litter as, sub eodem sigillo continentes, exhilmerunt, bumiliter supplicando, ut ipsas auctoritate renovati sigilli nostri dignaremur renovare (Mon Sírig I, p. 310). The legend is missing from the fragment. Original: Esztergom, Cathedral Chapter Archives, 24-1-5. Szentpétery 1916, p. 2; Dory 1917, p. 18; Bartoniek 1924, p. 16; Szentpétery 1930, p. 114; Megpecsételt történelem, p. 27; Bodor 2001, p. 7; Takács 2011, p. 86, fig. Id. 29. Bela IV Junior king’s counterseal 1214 (?) -1235 37 x 30 mm;gem: 19 x 16 mm Impression of an engraved oval (probably a gemstone) in a broad frame, with a helmet facing heraldic right. The counterseal used by the junior king, a form unknown from earlier times, must have been made after Prince Bela’s 171
